Festival Internacional de Corais Apresentação feita no Mosteiro Nossa Senhora das Graças - Monjas Beneditinas - BH www.monjasbeneditinasbh.org.br/

Festival Internacional de Corais Apresentação feita no Mosteiro Nossa Senhora das Graças - Monjas Beneditinas - BH www.monjasbeneditinasbh.org.br/

We are a vocal ensemble based in Perugia (Italy) and have been singing together since 2013. We enjoy singing a wide and varied repertoire of a cappella pieces. Please stay in touch with us by visiting our FB page: VOX-I...  moreWe are a vocal ensemble based in Perugia (Italy) and have been singing together since 2013. We enjoy singing a wide and varied repertoire of a cappella pieces. Please stay in touch with us by visiting our FB page: VOX-In-Fabula-1509783932653272/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/VOX-In-Fabula-1509783932653272/  

I Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "Thi...  moreI Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "This is a poem of grandeur and of praise. Therefore it might be expected that this musical setting would aim at vastness, grandeur and awakening." Walker accomplishes this through a variety of means. First, the piano introduction includes slowly unfolding piano arpeggios which focus on open intervals of octaves, fifths and fourths, exploiting the full range of the piano keyboard. The composer also takes the singers on a harmonic journey which begins in a low register in C minor, and then travels through a number of other key areas until it reaches the distant key of G-flat. At this point, the voices are drawn closely together into a tone cluster containing the pitches G-flat, A-flat and B-flat, only to open apart into the glorious C major chords which conclude the ...    less

Festival Internacional de Corais Apresentação feita no Mosteiro Nossa Senhora das Graças - Monjas Beneditinas - BH www.monjasbeneditinasbh.org.br/

Festival Internacional de Corais Apresentação feita no Mosteiro Nossa Senhora das Graças - Monjas Beneditinas - BH www.monjasbeneditinasbh.org.br/

Festival Internacional de Corais Apresentação feita no Mosteiro Nossa Senhora das Graças - Monjas Beneditinas - BH www.monjasbeneditinasbh.org.br/

Festival Internacional de Corais Apresentação feita no Mosteiro Nossa Senhora das Graças - Monjas Beneditinas - BH www.monjasbeneditinasbh.org.br/

EVOKX, a portmanteau of the words ‘evoke’ and ‘VOX’, was founded in 2010 as a non-profit choral group by music and artistic director Terrence Toh. At the heart of EVOKX, our singers share a passion to inspire our audiences with choral music that reSONATes...  moreEVOKX, a portmanteau of the words ‘evoke’ and ‘VOX’, was founded in 2010 as a non-profit choral group by music and artistic director Terrence Toh. At the heart of EVOKX, our singers share a passion to inspire our audiences with choral music that reSONATes with the soul, and instill empathy and charity through community engagement and choral performance. We stand strong in our pursuit for artistic excellence, and strive to nurture our singers’ love of choral music by giving them an avenue to further pursue their interest in choral singing. In evoking the senses, emotions, and memories through the music we make, we hope to bring meaning and purpose to the community at large, and stay steadfast to our fundamental belief that music can bring people from all walks of life together to do good.  less

Anne Frank: A Living Voice was commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) in celebration of its Silver Anniversary. The text is based upon excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank, taken from the 1952 and 1991 English translations of the book. The...  moreAnne Frank: A Living Voice was commissioned by the San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) in celebration of its Silver Anniversary. The text is based upon excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank, taken from the 1952 and 1991 English translations of the book. The full musical work was premiered in 2004 by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Anne Frank was between the ages of 13 and 15 when she wrote her Diary, while living in a secret upstairs annex over a warehouse in Amsterdam with her family, the Van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer. Despite the fears and frustrations she experienced in over two years of hiding from the Nazis, Anne learned how to survive, even to find beauty in small things and to hold on to her ideals. Composer Linda Tutas Haugen writes: "My goals for this composition are to honor the life of Anne Frank and to gain a deeper understanding of what she, her family, and friends experienced during the Holocaust." The text excerpts are chronologically arranged, and span more than two years. They portray...    less